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Model: FN3104W
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  • Page 1 User Manual Model: FN3104W Version: V1.0...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    2.3 Shortcut Menu.............................6 2.4 Menu..............................8 2.4.1 Adding Devices........................9 2.4.2 Playback..........................11 2.4.3 Schedule..........................14 2.4.4 Device Information........................15 2.4.5 Settings...........................18 2.4.6 System............................ 31 3 Web................................35 3.1 Instructions before Login.........................35 3.2 Log In..............................35 3.3 Live Video............................38 3.4 Parameter Configuration.........................42 www.foscam.com...
  • Page 3 3.4.6 System Management......................60 3.5 Playback............................65 4 Appendix............................... 68 4.1 HDD Capacity Calculation......................68 4.2 Common Operations........................69 4.3 Specifications............................ 74 4.4 FAQ..............................78 4.5 Glossary.............................80 4.6 CE & FCC............................81 4.7 WARRANTY............................81 4.8 Statement............................85 4.9 Obtaining Technical Support......................86 www.foscam.com...

  • Page 4: Security Warning

     regularly, the password should be the combination of numbers, letters and special characters. Please keep the user name and password of your cameras, NVR and Foscam APP account safe.  Please update your camera to the latest firmware every three months, which make you have better ...

  • Page 5: Preface

     Because the actual environment may be discrepant, the actual values of some data may be different from the values provided in the manual. If there are any question or dispute, the final interpretation of prevails.  If you do not follow the manual during operation, you will bear any loss caused thereof. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 6: Important Safety Instructions

    Otherwise, you cannot perform operations such as recording and playback.  Please press power button to shut down the NVR instead cutting off the power directly to avoid to damaged the storage device.  Do not take the device apart when it is operating (or connecting to power). www.foscam.com...

  • Page 7: Overview

    You can manual enable recording in the corresponding channel. Motion Detection Recording  After the motion detection function is enabled and recording is selected, motion detection recording is enabled when motion detection is triggered in the detection time segment and detection area. Note www.foscam.com...
  • Page 8 Support the logging function.  Support local GUI output and perform shortcut operations through the mouse.  Three roles can access the NVR, which are respectively visitor, operator, and administrator. The  rights of the three roles vary from low to high. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 9: Relevant Version

    In the live view mode, there are icons at the right bottom of the screen for each channel,  : NVR is recording for the IPC. : The alarm of the IPC is triggered. The icon at the right top of the windows: Exit current menu to upper level menu.  www.foscam.com...

  • Page 10: Common Operations

    NVR. Local GUI: Choose Menu > System in the Menu interface, then click Factory Reset in the System  interface. Web GUI: Choose (Parameter Configuration) > System Management > Factory Reset.  The Factory Reset page is displayed. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 11: Usb Mouse Operation

    Time or Area box: Select the time or zone range. Click and Drag Time bar: Drag time bar. Right-Click Single-Click Live view: Show menu. Menu: Exit current menu to upper level menu. Note The Single-Click mentioned in this article is refer to the left mouse click. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 12: Gui

    NVR. If you don't want to use the Setup Wizard at that moment, right click the mouse to quit. For the operation, please refer to the Quick Installation Guide. 2.3 Shortcut Menu After login, right-click the mouse, you will enter the shortcut menu. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 13 You can display the video of every a channel for playback. For details, please refer to 2.4.2 Playback. Manual Record Click Manual Record to set manual record for single channel or all channels. [Enable Manual Record] Check the Channel checkbox, Click OK button to take effect. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 14: Menu

    Devices. Shutdown Click Shutdown to enter the Shutdown page. You can log out, reboot or shut down the NVR system. 2.4 Menu Right-click in live view mode and select Menu from the Shortcut Menu, the Menu interface is displayed. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 15: Adding Devices

    IP Camera List, and you can configure the basic setting of the IP cameras. Note Before adding the IP Camera, make sure that the IP Camera supports FS or ONIVF protocol. And you have the user name, password and port number of the IP camera. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 16 2. Input the User Name and Password of the IPC. Note: Make sure that the IP address of the IP camera and NVR's in the same network segment, and the subnet mask and gateway are the same as the NVR's. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 17: Playback

    4．Right-Click to return the previous interface. 2.4.2 Playback Right-click in live view mode and select Playback from the Shortcut Menu, or choose Menu > Playback in the Menu interface. The Playback interface is displayed. It supports single-screen or four screens. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 18 Description After searching file, click the button to play. Stop Fast backward. The fast backward speed can be 4 times, 8 times, 16 times or 32 times of the normal playing speed. Click this button. The multiple of normal www.foscam.com...
  • Page 19 Description Zoom-in time axis. Zoom-out time axis. Left moving time axis. Right moving time axis. Return to the last playback progress bar. Make the playing video maximized. After the video is maximized, right-click to exit the currently maximized video. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 20: Schedule

    [Disable Schedule Recording] 1．Select channel from drop-down box list. 2．Uncheck the Enable checkbox to disable Schedule Recording function. 3．Click Save button to take effect for one certain channel. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 21: Device Information

    You can view the Firmware Version, Manage HDD Info and System Log. Firmware Version Choose Menu > Device Information > Firmware Version in the Menu interface. The Firmware Version interface is displayed. You can view the Device Type, Device Name, Firmware Version and Application Version. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 22 Refresh: Click the Refresh button then you can update to the latest information on the hard disk. Format Hard Disk: If the disk is uninitialized, select the record disk, then click Format Hard Disk to format the record disk if the format is incorrect. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 23 The operation, alarm, exception and information of the NVR can be stored in log files, which can be viewed and exported at any time. [Searching Log] 1．Select the log type, channel and time. 2．Click the Search button to list all matched logs. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 24: Settings

    Choose Menu > Settings in the Menu interface. The Settings interface is displayed. You can configure the General, Stream, network, display, Alarm Settings and OSD. General Choose Menu > Settings > General in the Menu interface. The General interface is displayed. You can configure the basic information of the NVR. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 25 Check the checkbox, then select the daylight saving time from the Daylight saving time dropdown list. Synchronize time to Time set by the NVR system. Whether to synchronize the time to the camera connected IPC device. Click Save button to take effect. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 26 NVR User Manual Stream Choose Menu > Settings > Stream in the Menu interface. The Stream interface is displayed. You can configure the encoding scheme parameters of the IP Camera, the NVR system will synchronize your IP camera with encoding scheme. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 27 Choose Menu > Settings > Network in the Menu interface. The Network interface is displayed.You can configure the information of Network, DDNS, E-Mail, FTP and Wireless. [Network] Select the Network page, you can configure the network information of the NVR. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 28 LAN. Subnet Mask The subnet mask of the NVR system. Gateway The gateway of the NVR system. Preferred The preferred DNS server of the NVR system. DNS Server Alternative The alternative DNS server of the NVR system. DNS Server www.foscam.com...
  • Page 29 Click Save button to take effect. Then you can use http:// Domain name + HTTP Port to access the NVR via internet. Take hostname a6747.myfoscam.org and HTTP Port. 88 for example, the accessing link of the camera via internet would be http://a6747.myfoscam.org:88 www.foscam.com...
  • Page 30 587 or 465. Transport Layer Security usually is None. Enable SSH If you use Gmail, Transport Layer Security must be set to TLS or STARTTLS and SMTP Port must be set to 465 or 25 or 587, which port you choose www.foscam.com...
  • Page 31 [FTP] Select the FTP page, you can configure the FTP information of the NVR. The system can be configured to send an picture to the FTP server if an alarm or motion event is detected etc.. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 32 Select the Wireless page, you can configure the wireless information of the NVR. Select Automatic Channel Optimization, NVR will choose the channel automatic. Or you can select the channel from the dropdown list. Don't tick Automatic channel optimization when you want to select the channel manually. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 33 Email, upload figure to FTP, buzzer alarm and so on. In the live view mode, there are icons at the right bottom of the screen for each channel.  The Icon indicate alarm was triggered. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 34 Detection interface is displayed. Select channel from drop-down box list. Step1 Check the checkbox to enable motion detection function. Step2 Check the checkbox to select the linkage method. You may refer to follow table for details of Step3 linkage methods. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 35 3．Drag and draw the area for motion detection by left mouse. Note:Check Clear checkbox and If you clear the area, then drag and draw the area for motion detection by mouse. 4．Click the OK button to save and exit the window. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 36 Note: You must set the detection area and detection schedule, or else there is no alarm anywhere and anytime. -------End [Other Alarm] Choose Menu > Settings > Alarm > Other Alarm in the Menu interface. The Other Alarm interface is displayed. Click Save button to take effect. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 37: System

    Whether to display the IPC device time on the selected channel. 2.4.6 System Choose Menu > System in the Menu interface. The System interface is displayed. You can manage the NVR device about User Account, Upgrade, Factory Reset, Para Export, Auto Restore, Log Out, Reboot, Shutdown. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 38 The administrator has the permission to add and delete all users and configure user parameters. You can add, modify, delete user name / password or distribute authority for users. The valid value range of User name and Password is 1 ~ 20 characters, it contains the English letter, numeric and symbol. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 39 NVR system will log out. Note: After you have logged out the system, menu operation on the screen is invalid. It is required to input a user name and password to unlock the system. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 40 Choose Menu > System in the Menu interface, then click Shutdown in the System interface. Click OK button in the pop-up message box, the NVR system will shut down. It is recommended that cut off the power after shutting down. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 41: Web

    "For Mac OS". Copy and paste the search tool file to your computer, or drag it onto your desktop. Step3 Enable the DHCP feature of your router, then open the Equipment Search Tool program. It should display the NVR's IP address in your LAN. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 42 It will pop up the message below the page, as shown in the following figure. Click Install button to install the add-on. Please follow the installation instructions. (Please close the browser during installation.) After installing the add-on, refresh the browser and enter the login interface. Step5 Input the follow parameter. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 43 Select the language type of the NVR client. Click Login button. Step6 When you log in for the first time, it will come to the operating of modify the user name and password automatically. Enter the New User name, New password and Confirm the password. -------End www.foscam.com...

  • Page 44: Live Video

    NVR User Manual 3.3 Live Video After log in, the live view interface will display. You can configure the play / stop the live view, manual recording, manual capturing, preset, cruise, led, color and so on. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 45 You can configure the color of the IP Camera. Play all Play monitoring videos in all channels. All off Close monitoring videos in all channels. 1 Channel Click this button, It will display one channel in the live view interface. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 46 Press Esc to exit full screen mode. When the IPC which you add to the NVR has PT function, you can set the cruise and preset for the PZ IPC through Preset. Setting Cruise The default cruise tracks have two types: Vertical and Horizontal. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 47 Then click to save it. If you want to reset the preset position, click You can move the IP camera and stop at another place, and set another preset position. You can do all the preset positions with this method. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 48: Parameter Configuration

    And make sure you can view all connected cameras are in The Current LAN IPC List box. The NVR system will automatically synchronize its password with the cameras. Then you can see the videos of the cameras on the Realtime Preview of the NVR. [Manually Adding IPC] www.foscam.com...

  • Page 49: Schedule Record

    Step2 Choose the Protocol from the drop list. Input the User Name and Password of the IPC. Select the FOSCAM protocol for Foscam brand IPC, and select the ONVIF protocol for other brands IPC. Click Add button to finish adding.

  • Page 50: Alarm

     The Icon indicate the IPC is recording. You can follow the steps to schedule a record which triggered by the detected motion. Choose (Parameter Configuration) > Alarm > Motion Detection. The Motion Detection page is displayed. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 51 If you select this checkbox, when the Motion Detection is triggered, the people IPC Buzz around the camera will hear beep alarm sound of the IPC. Set Detection Area Step5 1．Click Set Detection Area button and it pop up a window. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 52 Click the black button up the MON, you will see all time range turn red. When something moving in the detection area at anytime, the NVR will alarm. Click here Choose one day  Click the week day words, the corresponding row will be selected. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 53 Note: You must set the detection area and detection schedule, or else there is no alarm anywhere and anytime. -------End Other Alarm Choose (Parameter Configuration) > Alarm > Other Alarm, The Other Alarm page Step1 is displayed. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 54: Device Information

    Click Save button to take effect. Step4 -------End 3.4.4 Device Information Firmware Version You can view the NVR system information, or modify the Device Name. Choose (Parameter Configuration) > Device Information > Firmware Version. The Firmware Version page is displayed. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 55 Format Hard Disk: Click the Format Hard Disk button to initialize the SATA disk for recording.  Note: Initializing the HDD will erase all the data saved on it, please backup the data before formatting hard disk if necessary. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 56 The Log Type contains Alarm log, System log and Operation log. [Search Log] 1．Select the Channel, Log Type, Date, Start time and End time. 2．Click the Search button to list all matched logs. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 57: Basic Settings

    There are two different ways for the date format to synchronize the date and time of the NVR. input the date and time manually. .  Click Sync with PC button to synchronize the date and time of the  NVR system with your computer. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 58 Select the time format from the drop-down list. Click Save button to take effect. Step6 -------End Network You can configure the network information of the NVR. Choose (Parameter Configuration) > Basic Settings > Network.The Network page Step1 is displayed. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 59 UPnP function of the router to which your NVR is connected. How to configure the IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway, Preferred DNS Server, Alternative DNS Server, please refer to 4.2 Common Operations > 2. Configure the IP Parameters. Step3 Click Save button to take effect. -------End www.foscam.com...
  • Page 60 SMTP mail server. The network must also be connected to either an intranet or the Internet depending on the location of the e-mail accounts to which you want to send notification. (Parameter Configuration) > Basic Settings > Email. The Email page is Step1 Choose displayed. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 61 Sender The Email address of sender. Receivers Address1/2/3/4 The Email address of user to be notified. you can set 4 receivers Click Save button to take effect. Step3 Click Test to see if Mail has been successfully configured. Step4 www.foscam.com...
  • Page 62 Default port is 21. If changed, external FTP client program must change the FTP Port server connection port accordingly. FTP Mode Here supports two modes: PORT and PASV. FTP Username The user account of FTP server. FTP Password The user password of FTP server. Click Save button to take effect. Step3 www.foscam.com...
  • Page 63 -------End DDNS The Foscam NVR has embedded a unique DDNS domain name when producing, and you can directly use the domain name, you can also use the third party domain name. (Parameter Configuration) > Basic Settings > DDNS. The DDNS page is Choose displayed.
  • Page 64 You can use the mouse to click and drag the text frame on the live view window to adjust the OSD position. Step5 Click Save button to finish the mask area setting. The mask area will be marked with black. -------End Video Encode Choose (Parameter Configuration) > Basic Settings > Video Encode. The Video Encode page is displayed. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 65 You should choose a lower frame rate when the bandwidth is limited. Normally, when the frame rate above 15, you can achieve fluently video. Click save button to take effect. Storage Location You can configure the storage location for snap picture and backup record file. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 66: System Management

    You can add, modify, delete username / password or distribute authority for users. The valid value range of Username and Password is 1 ~ 20 characters, it contains the English letter, numeric and symbol. Choose (Parameter Configuration) > System Management > User Account. The User www.foscam.com...
  • Page 67 2．Click Save button to take effect. Import / Export Configurations You can import or export a configuration file for NVR system. Choose (Parameter Configuration) > System Management > Import / Export Configuration. The Import / Export Configurations page is displayed. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 68  All current settings will be overwritten when importing a configuration file. If a bad configuration  file is uploaded the NVR may not work. Upgrade Choose (Parameter Configuration) > System Management > Upgrade. The Upgrade page is displayed. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 69 Patch Installation Choose (Parameter Configuration) > System Management > Patch Installation. The Patch Installation page is displayed. You can install or install patch of the NVR. Click Browse to select the patch file in the local directory. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 70 (Parameter Configuration) > System Management > Reboot. The Reboot page is Choose displayed. Click Reboot button, then click OK button in the pop-up message box. The NVR system will reboot. Auto Restore Choose (Parameter Configuration) > System Management > Auto Restore. The Auto Restore page is displayed. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 71: Playback

    You can configure the Date and Time. The NVR system will be maintained at the setting time. 3.5 Playback Choose (Playback), you can play the recording file of the NVR. 1. Select a date with recording in calendar. 2. Select the Record Type, and check the checkbox from the Channels. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 72 You can set the storage path, refer to the Web > Parameter configuration > Settings > Storage Location. Click this button to enabled/disabled the audio. Full screen. Make the playing video maximized. After the video is maximized, www.foscam.com...
  • Page 73 NVR User Manual press ESC to exit full screen. 5. Playback time You can move the mouse to a specific time axis and click to watch the playback. Icon Description Zoom-in time axis. Zoom-out time axis. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 74: Appendix

    If you select 4M for the bit rate and select four channels for recording and one week of recording is needed, you can calculate the HDD capacity by using the following formula: Recording time(hour) =7days*24 hours=168 hour Mbit  3600 Spent of HDD Capacity per hour(M/hour)= =1800M/hour www.foscam.com...

  • Page 75: Common Operations

    User can also use third part DDNS, such as www.no-ip.com, www. 3322.com Here take www.no-ip.com for example: Step 1, Go to the website www.no-ip.com to create a free hostname Firstly: Login on www.no-ip.com and click No-IP Free to register. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 76 After registration, please login your email which used to register. You will receive an email from website, please click the link to activate your ACCOUNT as indicated in email. Secondly: Login the link with the registered username and password to create your domain name. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 77 Do port forwarding within the router Example: The camera's LAN IP address is http://192.168.8.100:2000 , Media port no. is 9200. Firstly, login the router, goes to the menu of Port Forwarding or Port Trigger (or named Virtue Server on www.foscam.com...
  • Page 78 The IP address of the NVR must be in the range of the router address pool.  Log in to the router client through the browser and select DHCP Server > DHCP service. On the DHCP page, you can view the start address and end address of the address pool. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 79 The subnet mask of the NVR must be the same as the subnet mask in LAN port status. The default  gateway of the NVR is the same as the IP address in LAN port status. The preferred DNS and alternative DNS can be the same as the DNS in WAN port status. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 80: Specifications

    NVR User Manual 4.3 Specifications Model FN3104W Video Input IP Video Input 4-Channel HD IP camera input HD-OUT Output 1 * HD-OUT VGA Output 1 * VGA Video Output 1280 * 720/60Hz, 1280 * 1024/60Hz, 1280 * 720/50Hz, 1280 Display Resolution...
  • Page 81 234mm * 234mm * 52mm (9.2in * 9.2in * 2.0in) Net Weight 660g (1.5lb) Physical and Operating Environmental -10 ºC ~ 55 ºC (-4ºF ~ 131ºF) Temperature Operating Humidity 20% ~ 85% non-condensing Storage -20 ºC ~ 60 ºC (-4ºF ~ 140ºF) Temperature www.foscam.com...
  • Page 82 IEEE802.11b/g/n IEEE802.11b: 11Mbps (Max.); Data Rate IEEE802.11g: 54Mbps (Max.); Network IEEE802.11n: 150Mbps (Max.). Wireless Security WEP, WPA, WPA2 IP, TCP, UDP, HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, FTP, DHCP, DDNS, Network Protocol RTSP, ONVIF Video Format H.264 Software Features Multi-Stream Dual streams www.foscam.com...
  • Page 83 FCC, IC, CE, RoHS, IP66 Operating -10 ºC ~ 60 ºC (14 ºF ~ 140 ºF ) Temperature Operating Humidity 10% ~ 80% non-condensing Storage -20 ºC ~ 60 ºC (-4 ºF ~ 140 ºF ) Temperature Storage Humidity 0% ~ 90% non-condensing www.foscam.com...

  • Page 84: Faq

    In this case, log out of the Web client and log in to it again. In similar cases, for example, changing the IP address and HTTP port of the NVR, you need to log in to the client again. www.foscam.com...
  • Page 85 11. Why does the Web client prompt the message "Plugins are not found, Click me to download" or "Find a new Plugins, Click me to download" after installing plug-in? You need to close the current browser after installing the plug-in, and then open the browser to access the login page. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 86: Glossary

    Network Time A protocol designed to synchronize the clocks of computers over Protocol a network. Network Video A NVR can be a PC-based or embedded system used for Recorder centralized management and storage for IP cameras. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 87: Ce & Fcc

    4.7 WARRANTY FOSCAM values your business and always attempts to provide you the very best of service. No limited hardware warranty is provided by FOSCAM unless your Foscam product ("product") was purchased from an authorized distributor or authorized reseller.
  • Page 88 NVR User Manual returned to an authorized return center in the region where the product was first shipped by FOSCAM or to the point-of-purchase, which may have regional specific warranty implications. If you purchase your Foscam product from online store, please contact the point-of-purchase and ask for return / replacement / repair service.
  • Page 89 Warranty is void if damaged by the use of parts not manufactured or sold by FOSCAM. ...
  • Page 90 Foscam, shall be the repair or replacement of defective parts. If Foscam lists a product on its website specification in error or that is no longer available for any reason, Foscam reserves the right to explain it without incurring any liability.

  • Page 91: Statement

    Without the prior written permission of my company, all the contents of relevant operating instructions manual affiliated to the product must not be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed or stored in a retrieval system, or translated into other languages. Our company will reserve the right to improve and modify the product and corresponding manuals. www.foscam.com...

  • Page 92: Obtaining Technical Support

    While we hope your experience with the NVR is enjoyable and easy to use, you may experience some issues or have questions that this User's Guide has not answered. If you have problem with device, please first contact reseller for solving the problems. If our reseller cannot provide service, please contact our service department: tech@foscam.com www.foscam.com...

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